# starting

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #915

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of start

## Easily confused with
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-string)
- **staying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-staying)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-stating)
- **storing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-storing)
- **sterling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-sterling)
- **starving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-starving)
- **stirring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-stirring)
- **Stirling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-stirling)
- **storming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-storming)
- **stunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-stunting)
- **startling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/starting-vs-startling)
- **sharing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharing-vs-starting)
- **staring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staring-vs-starting)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skating-vs-starting)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-starting)
- **staging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staging-vs-starting)
- **soaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soaring-vs-starting)
- **scaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scaring-vs-starting)
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-starting)
- **searing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/searing-vs-starting)

## Common misspellings (13)
`satrting`, `sstarting`, `staritng`, `starrting`, `startign`, `startingg`, `startinng`, `startnig`, `startting`, `statring`, `strating`, `sttarting`, `tsarting`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/starting